|

|

Advertisements

Virtues Quotes

Sloth, if it has prevented many crimes, has also smothered many virtues Picture Quote #1

Though ambition in itself is a vice, yet it is often the parent of virtues Picture Quote #1

Though ambition itself be a vice, yet it is often times the cause of virtues Picture Quote #1

Gratitude is not only the greatest of virtues, but the parent of all others Picture Quote #1

The virtues, like the body, become strong more by labor than by nourishment Picture Quote #1

The weakness of women has been given them to call forth the virtues of men Picture Quote #1

Advertisements

Silence is the understanding of fools and one of the virtues of the wise Picture Quote #1

In the middle of a dessert, no one talks about the virtues of the Sun Picture Quote #1

Frugality includes all the other virtues Picture Quote #1

Kindness is an everyday byproduct of all the great virtues Picture Quote #1

Vices are simply overworked virtues Picture Quote #1

When virtues are pointed out first, flaws seem less insurmountable Picture Quote #1

Advertisements

Society has sacrificed its virtues to the Goddess of Getting Along Picture Quote #1

Let us go home and cultivate our virtues Picture Quote #1

In the absence of willpower the most complete collection of virtues and talents is wholly worthless Picture Quote #1

Faith is the least self-regarding of the virtues. It is by its very nature scarcely conscious of its own existence. Like the eye which sees everything in front of it and never sees itself, faith is occupied with the Object upon which it rests and pays no attention to itself at all Picture Quote #1

I have always considered it as treason against the great republic of human nature, to make any man's virtues the means of deceiving him Picture Quote #1

War both needs and generates certain virtues; not the highest, but what may be called the preliminary virtues, as valor, veracity, the spirit of obedience, the habit of discipline. Any of these, and of others like them, when possessed by a nation, and no matter how generated, will give them a military advantage, and make them more likely to stay in the race of nations Picture Quote #1

Advertisements

Thank God every morning when you get up, that you have something to do that day which must be done, whether you like it or not. Being forced to work and forced to do your best will breed in you temperance and self-control, diligence and strength of will, cheerfulness and content, and a hundred virtues which the idle never know Picture Quote #1

Love is the expression of one's values, the greatest reward you can earn for the moral qualities you have achieved in your character and person, the emotional price paid by one man for the joy he receives from the virtues of another Picture Quote #1

The way of fortune is like the milkyway in the sky; which is a number of small stars, not seen asunder, but giving light together: so it is a number of little and scarce discerned virtues, or rather faculties and customs, that make men fortunate Picture Quote #1

Suffering! We owe to it all that is good in us, all that gives value to life; we owe to it pity, we owe to it courage, we owe to it all the virtues Picture Quote #1

Generosity is nothing more seen than in a candid estimation of other men’s virtues and good qualities Picture Quote #1

About the greatest virtue a friend can have, is to be able to hold her tongue; and through this, like all virtues carried to extremity, may grow into a fault, and do great harm, still, it never can do so much harm as that horrible laxity and profligacy of speech which is a the root of half the quarrels, cruelties, and injustices of the world Picture Quote #1

Advertisements

Strive to attain to the greater virtues, but do not neglect the lesser ones. Do not make light of a fall even if it be the most venial of faults; rather, be quick to repair it by repentance, although many others may commit a large number of faults, slight and grievous, and remain unrepentant Picture Quote #1

The best people possess a feeling for beauty, the courage to take risks, the discipline to tell the truth, the capacity for sacrifice. Ironically, their virtues make them vulnerable; they are often wounded, sometimes destroyed Picture Quote #1

Try to acquire the virtues you believe lacking in your brothers. Then you will no longer see their defects, for you will no longer have them yourself Picture Quote #1

Epitaph: An inscription on a tomb showing that virtues acquired by death have a retroactive effect Picture Quote #1

I believe that saying a thing is to keep its virtues and take away its terror Picture Quote #1

My experience has taught me that a man who has no vices has damned few virtues Picture Quote #1

1 - 2 3 4 5 6 7

Friendship Quotes

Motivational Quotes

Inspirational Quotes

Advertisements

Text Quotes

Sloth, if it has prevented many crimes, has also smothered many virtues (Virtues Quotes) Though ambition in itself is a vice, yet it is often the parent of virtues (Virtues Quotes) Though ambition itself be a vice, yet it is often times the cause of virtues (Virtues Quotes) Gratitude is not only the greatest of virtues, but the parent of all others (Virtues Quotes) The virtues, like the body, become strong more by labor than by nourishment (Virtues Quotes) The weakness of women has been given them to call forth the virtues of men (Virtues Quotes) Silence is the understanding of fools and one of the virtues of the wise (Virtues Quotes) In the middle of a dessert, no one talks about the virtues of the Sun (Virtues Quotes) Frugality includes all the other virtues (Virtues Quotes) Kindness is an everyday byproduct of all the great virtues (Virtues Quotes) Vices are simply overworked virtues (Virtues Quotes) When virtues are pointed out first, flaws seem less insurmountable (Virtues Quotes) Society has sacrificed its virtues to the Goddess of Getting Along (Virtues Quotes) Let us go home and cultivate our virtues (Virtues Quotes) In the absence of willpower the most complete collection of virtues and talents is wholly worthless (Virtues Quotes) Faith is the least self-regarding of the virtues. It is by its very nature scarcely conscious of its own existence. Like the eye which sees everything in front of it and never sees itself, faith is occupied with the Object upon which it rests and pays no attention to itself at all (Virtues Quotes) I have always considered it as treason against the great republic of human nature, to make any man's virtues the means of deceiving him (Virtues Quotes) War both needs and generates certain virtues; not the highest, but what may be called the preliminary virtues, as valor, veracity, the spirit of obedience, the habit of discipline. Any of these, and of others like them, when possessed by a nation, and no matter how generated, will give them a military advantage, and make them more likely to stay in the race of nations (Virtues Quotes) Thank God every morning when you get up, that you have something to do that day which must be done, whether you like it or not. Being forced to work and forced to do your best will breed in you temperance and self-control, diligence and strength of will, cheerfulness and content, and a hundred virtues which the idle never know (Virtues Quotes) Love is the expression of one's values, the greatest reward you can earn for the moral qualities you have achieved in your character and person, the emotional price paid by one man for the joy he receives from the virtues of another (Virtues Quotes) The way of fortune is like the milkyway in the sky; which is a number of small stars, not seen asunder, but giving light together: so it is a number of little and scarce discerned virtues, or rather faculties and customs, that make men fortunate (Virtues Quotes) Suffering! We owe to it all that is good in us, all that gives value to life; we owe to it pity, we owe to it courage, we owe to it all the virtues (Virtues Quotes) Generosity is nothing more seen than in a candid estimation of other men’s virtues and good qualities (Virtues Quotes) About the greatest virtue a friend can have, is to be able to hold her tongue; and through this, like all virtues carried to extremity, may grow into a fault, and do great harm, still, it never can do so much harm as that horrible laxity and profligacy of speech which is a the root of half the quarrels, cruelties, and injustices of the world (Virtues Quotes) Strive to attain to the greater virtues, but do not neglect the lesser ones. Do not make light of a fall even if it be the most venial of faults; rather, be quick to repair it by repentance, although many others may commit a large number of faults, slight and grievous, and remain unrepentant (Virtues Quotes) The best people possess a feeling for beauty, the courage to take risks, the discipline to tell the truth, the capacity for sacrifice. Ironically, their virtues make them vulnerable; they are often wounded, sometimes destroyed (Virtues Quotes) Try to acquire the virtues you believe lacking in your brothers. Then you will no longer see their defects, for you will no longer have them yourself (Virtues Quotes) Epitaph: An inscription on a tomb showing that virtues acquired by death have a retroactive effect (Virtues Quotes) I believe that saying a thing is to keep its virtues and take away its terror (Virtues Quotes) My experience has taught me that a man who has no vices has damned few virtues (Virtues Quotes)

1 - 2 3 4 5 6 7